Date: 19th October, 2021
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 6 mph or 9 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 4.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 5.5 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 155.8 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 209.0 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am. Sunset tomorrow: 5:41 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms at first, becoming fair to partly cloudy from late tonight through tomorrow afternoon.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 9:03 pm…High at 3:38 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 10:30 pm…High at 4:45 am.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy, with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms at first, becoming fair to partly cloudy with a few showers overnight.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability in the wake of a tropical wave together with a trough system, will continue to cause occasional cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles during the next 6 to 12 hours. An improvement in weather conditions is expected overnight through tomorrow afternoon.
Another tropical wave located over the western tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h and is expected to affect our region from tomorrow evening into Thursday.
A third tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is also moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next five days.